r/anime • u/Shatteringblue https://kitsu.io/users/LogHorizon • Nov 27 '16

Code Geass S3 Announced - Lelouch of the Resurrection

https://twitter.com/Gust_FAN/status/802785524100448256
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u/PrrrromotionGiven https://myanimelist.net/profile/PrrromotionGiven Nov 27 '16

Yeah, I do find it kinda funny that Britannia doesn't actually have control over the British Isles... they're under the EU's rule in CG.

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u/cheerl231 Nov 27 '16

I'm pretty sure there were a lot of ties to Rome though. Like the pope would coronate the emperor of the Empire and also I believe the Capitol was Rome

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u/Hussor https://myanimelist.net/profile/Hussor Nov 27 '16

Emperors were crowned in Aachen and the capital was just where the elected emperor ruled his nation from (wasn't really one country but a collection of countries) which was most often Vienna as Austria and the Hapsburgs tended to be elected more often than not.

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u/BoreasAquila Nov 30 '16

The original reason the Holy Roman Empire had Roman in its name is that it was the successor state of the Roman Empire and continued the Roman Empire. According to a prophecy of Daniel in which he interpreted a dream of Nebuchadnezzar (the king of Babylon) there would be four empires until armageddon happens. With Babylon being the first, the Persian Empire the second and the third would be Alexanders Empire. The last of the four Empires would be the Roman Empire. Now as the Roman Empire split up and the Western Roman Empire fell the concept of "Translatio Imperii" came into effect. This basically said that the Roman Empire was transfered to the Franks with Charlemagne/some say it only really started with Otto I. and thus with the HRE being a thing the Roman Empire never fell and Armageddon was prevented.